Lot Essay
A similar centrepiece, with four tiers, from the W.A.H. Harding Trust was sold in these Rooms, 6 December 1982, lot 135.
CIRCA 1780
Details
A Leeds creamware three-tiered centrepiece
Circa 1780
In three sections, the rockwork base rising to a lower tier of five leaf-shaped dishes on simple scroll brackets, the central section with a further tier of five leaf-moulded dishes supported on elaborate pierced scroll brackets, the top tier of five shell-moulded dishes surmounted by Venus with Cupid with a dolphin (three dishes with hairline cracks, slight chips to edges of some dishes, footrims and section junctions, slight firing cracks)
24½in. (61cm.) high
Circa 1780
In three sections, the rockwork base rising to a lower tier of five leaf-shaped dishes on simple scroll brackets, the central section with a further tier of five leaf-moulded dishes supported on elaborate pierced scroll brackets, the top tier of five shell-moulded dishes surmounted by Venus with Cupid with a dolphin (three dishes with hairline cracks, slight chips to edges of some dishes, footrims and section junctions, slight firing cracks)
24½in. (61cm.) high